in stays
in stays
nautical Of a vessel, having its sails flapping as it moves into the wind. The captain says we need to keep the ship in stays for now!
See also: stay
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- back and fill
- back and fill, to
- filling
- brace aback
- bracing
- four sheets in the wind
- four sheets to the wind
- two sheets to the wind
- billow out
- before the wind